Mawande AmaShabalala

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Public Protector clears Mondli Gungubele, but can’t touch Imogen Mashazi

1st October 2026

Public Protector Adv Kholeka Gcaleka has cleared former communications and digital technologies minister Mondli Gungubele on allegations of irregularly appointing a ministerial...

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ANC’s nose bloodied in high court for the fifth time by same member

30th September 2026

The ANC has suffered yet another legal defeat in the increasingly hostile Eastern Cape high court. This time, the former liberation movement...

News

Cosas takes aim at DA’s Siviwe Gwarube

24th September 2026

ANC kindergarten, Cosas, has taken aim at basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube, fingering her for allegedly prioritising DA’s political mandate ahead of...

Politics

Malema headed for another legal fight with AfriForum over rape comments

23rd September 2026

The EFF has hit back at AfriForum, which is sponsoring fresh criminal charges against its leader, Julius Malema, over a comment he...

News

Winds of change at SAPS as suspension of Masemola ally, Simo Chamane lifted

22nd September 2026

The suspension of the South African Police Service (SAPS)’s divisional commissioner for legal services, Lieutenant-General Simo Chamane has been lifted. This came...

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Ngcukayitobi bombshell: Claims he heard Mbalula order Andile Lungisa’s list removal

17th September 2026

Eastern Cape ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi says he personally witnessed the instruction to remove Andile Lungisa from the PR List of...

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Mawande AmaShabalala | How ANC’s cancer of chaos infected Cosatu

17th September 2026

The dominance of the ANC in the South African body politic space over the past half a century has established its influence...

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Stretch tent or hospital hall, Cosatu congress will reconvene: Zingiswa Losi

16th September 2026

Come hell or high water, the abandoned Cosatu congress will proceed within 30 days as per the provision by the constitution of...

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ANC-led alliance in limbo as Cosatu congress collapses

15th September 2026

The ANC-led alliance is disintegrating piecemeal, with the latest signpost of the collapse being the premature adjournment of the highly divided 15th...

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Stampede in councillor hopefuls as unemployment soars

2nd September 2026

Only one in 14 of the more than 140 000 people who have successfully applied to become councillors after the November 4...